# K. Selvaperunthagai

K. Selvaperunthagai is an Indian politician representing the party Indian National Congress. He is the president of Tamil Nadu Congress party. He served as the State Chairman of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee's section of SC Department. He is currently MLA from Sriperumbudur Constituency.

## Early life

K.Sevaperunthagai was born on 14 April 1964 at Manimangalam Village, Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu. His parents were Kuppusamy and Rasammal.
He did his Bachelor of Law at Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati and MA at Madras University.

## Political career

He started his political career at Puratchi Bharatham Katchi and later joined Puthiya Tamilagam Party. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Mangalore constituency in the 2006 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections as a member of the party Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi. Previous sentence is a lie/prank because there is no Mangalore constituency in TN. After that, due to a disagreement with Thirumavalavan, he left the VCK and joined Bahujan Samaj Party on 11 November 2008 and later switched to Congress on 1 August 2010.

## Member of Legislative Assembly

He is currently elected Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) to the 2021 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections from Sriperumbudur Assembly constituency on behalf of the Indian National Congress and has been elected as the Leader of the Legislative Assembly of the Congress Party. On 25 June 2021, he was unanimously nominated as Chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. On 24 July 2021, he was appointed a member of All party SC/ST Welfare Committee, Government of Tamil Nadu by Chief Minister Thiru. M.K.Stalin.

### Committee assignments of 16th Tamil Nadu Assembly

* Chairperson (2021–23) Public Accounts Committee

## Electoral Performances

| Year | Election | Party | Constituency Name | Result | Votes gained | Vote share% |
| 2006 | Tamil Nadu Assembly Election | Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi | Mangalore | Won | 62,217 | 43.7% |
| 2011 | Tamil Nadu Assembly Election | Indian National Congress | Chengam | Lost | 72,225 | 40.50% |
| 2016 | Tamil Nadu Assembly Election | Indian National Congress | Sriperumbudur | Lost | 90,285 | 38.23% |
| 2021 | Tamil Nadu Assembly Election | Indian National Congress | Sriperumbudur | Won | 1,15,353 | 43.65% |
2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Mangalore :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | VCK | K. Selvam | 62,217 | 43.71% | |
| | DMK | V. Ganesan | 55,303 | 38.85% | −9.02% |
| | DMDK | D. Mahadevan | 15,992 | 11.23% | |
| | Independent | K. Thiruvalluvan | 2,462 | 1.73% | |
| | BJP | R. Narentheran | 2,173 | 1.53% | |
| | Independent | T. Elavarasan | 1,585 | 1.11% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 6,914 | 4.86% | 3.48% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 142,349 | 73.42% | 4.15% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 193,879 | | |
| | VCK gain from DMK | VCK gain from DMK | Swing | -4.16% | |
2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chengam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMDK | Sureshkumar T. | 83,722 | 46.90 | +34.29 |
| | INC | K. Selvaperunthagai | 72,225 | 40.50 | −2.24 |
| | Independent | Sureshkumar. R | 8,543 | 4.79 | |
| | BJP | Jayaraman. A | 4,465 | 2.50 | −0.71 |
| | Independent | Kumar. R | 2,511 | 1.41 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 11,497 | 6.45 | −1.72 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,11,656 | 84.25 | 12.98 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,78,325 | | |
| | DMDK gain from INC | DMDK gain from INC | Swing | 4.20 | |
2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sriperumbudur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | K. Palani | 101,001 | 42.77% | −16.3 |
| | INC | K. Selvaperunthagai | 90,285 | 38.23% | +2.93 |
| | PMK | C. Muthuraman | 18,185 | 7.70% | New |
| | VCK | M. Veerakumar | 13,679 | 5.79% | New |
| | BJP | M. Manoharan | 3,939 | 1.67% | +0.47 |
| | NTK | B. Sivaranjini | 3,441 | 1.46% | New |
| | NOTA | NOTA | 2,956 | 1.25% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 10,716 | 4.54% | −19.22% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,36,142 | 77.10% | −4.76% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,06,296 | | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | -16.30% | |
2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sriperumbudur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | K. Selvaperunthagai | 115,353 | 43.65% | +5.42 |
| | AIADMK | Palani | 1,04,474 | 39.53% | −3.24 |
| | NTK | Pushparaj | 22,034 | 8.34% | +6.88 |
| | MNM | Thanigaivel | 8,870 | 3.36% | New |
| | Independent | Vairamuthu | 6,340 | 2.40% | New |
| | AMMK | Perumal | 3,144 | 1.19% | New |
| | NOTA | NOTA | 2,139 | 0.81% | −0.44 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 10,879 | 4.12% | −0.42% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,64,262 | 74.40% | −2.70% |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 31 | 0.01% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,55,198 | | |
| | INC gain from AIADMK | INC gain from AIADMK | Swing | 0.88% | |